The housing design handbook [electronic resource] : a guide to good practice / David Levitt.
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TextPublisher: London ; New York : Routledge, 2010Description: 281 pages : illustrations, plans ; 28 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0415491509 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- 9780415491501 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- 728 22
- NA7540 .L48 2010
- NA7540 .L48 2010
| Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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| E-Resources | Main Library E-Resources | 728 L666 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | E005315 |
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Pt. 1. Built form. 1. Creating a lasting sense of place -- 2. Mixing housing with other uses -- 3. Terrace housing and layout -- 4. Flats and layout -- 5. Internal space -- 6. Private open space -- 7. Shared amenity space -- 8. Security without fortification -- 9. Privacy -- 10. Dealing with cars -- Pt. 2. Social issues. 11. Mixed and flexible tenure -- 12. Tenure and style -- 13. Designing in flexibility -- Pt. 3. Technical issues. 14. Environmentally sustainable planning and built form -- 15. Sustainable structures -- 16. Considering cost in use at design stage -- 17. The impact of design on: Having zero energy in mind/Off site manufacture/Passive solar/Using less water/Waste recycling -- Bibliography.
Bringing together a wealth of experience from a wide range of housing experts, this completely revised edition of The Housing Design Handbook provides an authoritative, comprehensive and systematic guide to best practice in what is perhaps the most contentious and complex field of architectural design.
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